is cannibalism wrong

[randomsix]

Cannibalism, like any other activity (of such broad definition) is not inherently good or bad. The "why" is always the most important part of determining the morality of such an action.

That said, I personally find it to be repulsive, but that is an emotional reaction, not a moral one.

 

[Knight Templar]

It is strange and you would need to wonder why a person what desire to eat another human, but that doesn't make it wrong. It could be wrong if you judge it by how helpful it is to society, and a species eating its own kind is normally bad. Then there is the health risks that come with eating your own species, those are very bad, but not immoral exactly.

So eating people is usually immoral, but circumstance can change that.

 

[Lullabye]

Not to me it's not.
I do think killing people then eating them to satisfy your hunger(unless it's starvation) is wrong. But that's just me.

 

[DazBurger]

If I HAD too, I would eat human...
But I would not hunt for it... With the exeption of if the "prey" were willing to kill me on sight.

But meh... Prolly tastes like ass too. Meat from predators mostly tastes a bit of pee... Due to... Something there is unique to predatores... I dunno-lol.
But thats why you dont really see any predator-meat on the menu.

 

[cryogeist]

well if its a last resort then no its not wrong but if there other means of food then yes

 

[starhaven]

i would if there was nothing else to eat
but its not a good thing to eat to much of, i would only eat enough to live and then go find somthing else

 

[Free Thinker]

It's wrong with the wrong seasonings...
I'm thinking some ground-up pepper, natural herbs, cooked in chili pepper infused olive oil, and throw in some onions, potatoes, and other assorted vegetables for a more appeasing flavor.

 

[Drakmeire]

I'm not too sure, technically nothing is right or wrong since everything is relative to a person from what I've gathered human would taste a lot like ham since our muscle structure is very similar to that of pig,
So who wants some crispy human bacon?

 

[ddon]

Only if they were killed by the cannibal.

 

[Guitar Gamer]

You'll take note that even cavemen had problems with eating humans, I'll take a leap o faith and say mammals as a whole don't do it.
I believe it is simply an unwritten tabboo, lke incest.

Of course if your plane crashed in the mountains then I guess if you wanna live, and live with yourself afterwords.......

 

[Dirty Saint]

Cannibalism is unhealthy and/or immoral, depending on who you ask. More importantly: it's skipping a few steps in the circle of life.

Person dies ->eat person ->person dies, most likely from cannibalistic illness ->repeat o.o

Person dies ->bury person in land intended for future use ->use land for crops or livestock grazing ->eat crops and livestock -> person dies of natural causes ->repeat, everybody is happy ^.^

....unless you need to be buried in a heavy, oak, oblong box. Then I got nothin'. >.>

 

[lokun489]

yeah if only for the desieses

 

[Sarge7777]

Anyone else waiting for an opportunity to come up where you get to eat someone? no? just me...

 

[Zaverexus]

The way i see it, its wrong to do in any way apart from pure survival and even thats stretching it. For example, if you're stranded in a boat and your friends or crew have died and you have no food, you'd need to eat them to survive.

If you absolutely need to in order to survive, it's better than dying, and I'm sure your buddy would rather you use him than follow his fate.
The reason it's wrong though is that people couldn't function in a society where cannibalism is considered 'right'. aside from various health issues already stated it would be far too easy to cross the line from eating dead, which is not technically wrong in a moral way, to eating the seemingly dead/ nearly dead/ doomed to die/ person who looks appetizing when you are hungry, things would run amok and it just wouldn't work.

 

[Kasawd]

I don't believe cannibalism to be wrong.

Hell, if I ever get the chance to try human, it's going down the hatch.

 

[Kasawd]

Anyone else waiting for an opportunity to come up where you get to eat someone? no? just me...

You are not alone, sir.

 

[garfoldsomeoneelse]

I'm willing to be the human body has a ton of toxins in it from our unnatural diets. I wouldn't recommend consuming tainted flesh.

 

[VincentX3]

If you're in a desperate situation and need to feed on "anything" then fine.

If it's a guys funeral and you're going to eat him for the fuck of it then WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU?!

Cannibalism is just like anything else, depending on the circumstances.

This doesn't really need a thread

 

[EqualNOpposite]

@ dathwampeer: Hmm...that leads me to think that ANY species is predisposed not to eat their own dead.

Consider cows. sometimes, companies looking to save on feed will process some of their euthanized cattle into feed for the rest of the cattle. The problem is that this 'recycled' feed, called Meat and Bone Meal, is a breeding ground for the...er...is it an amoeba? Anyway, it causes bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or Mad Cow Disease.

More importantly, look at any other species on the planet. Not only do they avoid eating their dead, they avoid getting anywhere near them instinctively. So my answer is no, this is a bad idea. Not morally (I would never try to argue a moral point on the internet) but just from a biology point of view, it's not smart.

 

[robb4rock6]

thats the answer to the food shortage